Page 85 of My Unexpected Mate

When I heard him say that he would find her again and that she belonged to him, I lost control. I couldn’t see anything except a vision of me killing that fucker. He would not take a single breath near her again. He would not lay his eyes on her again.

When I shifted and Nate saw her in his true form, I felt complete. Like a piece of my soul, that I didn’t know was missing, came back to me.

She was everything. I no longer felt like I was pulled to this Earth by gravity. I was pulled by her. She was my center. And if she was not here, nothing made sense. I couldn’t exist without her.

Nate completely took over and before I knew what he was doing, he wrapped himself around her. I felt sparks erupt from my heart and spread all over my body. Touching her would be like a drug. I will never get enough.

She was so small compared to Nate that she disappeared in his fur. Her quiet, melodic voice brought me back from my angry thoughts.

“Nate,” she said quietly and stroked Nate’s fur. “You are heavy. I can’t stand.”

Get off her you big beast. I growled at Nate.

Fine. He whined. But I am not leaving her yet.

What are you going to do? I asked him angrily.

He didn’t respond. He motioned for her to sit down. She looked at Gabriel slightly confused, but she sighed and sat down. She looked up at us with those big green eyes and my heart melted completely.

There wasn’t anything in this world I wouldn’t do for this girl.

Nate wrapped himself around her again and placed his head on her lap. She chuckled slightly, melting my heart all over again and started stroking Nate. He purred happily.

Silly wolf. I growled.

You are just jealous that our mate isn’t afraid of me, but she is afraid of you. He said.

I froze. He was right. She was afraid of me. She would not let me hold her like this. My heart clenched painfully.

You know I am right. He said and I could feel him smirking.

Shut up, Nate. I growled at him.

At least I could hold her like this. Be close to her in my wolf form. That was a start, right?

“Well, that went better than I thought,” I heard Gabriel.

I growled at him. Did he think I would hurt her?

“What, man?” he said and walked back to the couch. “You should have seen how scary you were. I was afraid you would hurt her unintentionally.”

I growled and Nate whined at the same time. I would never hurt her. She was mine to protect.

Does he think we would hurt mate? Nate asks sadly.

No. I told him, still a bit angry. But we kind of lost control. We have to be careful around her, Nate.

Gabriel was right. I did get angry. I was kind of surprised by the amount of control Nate took over. He had never been this strong before.

It is because of her. My mate is my strength. We can protect her better now. He said proudly.

“I am glad you two feel the bond completely now,” Annie said and I felt Aria tense under me.

She was scared. I could feel her emotions. She was scared of me.

I knew she could feel my emotions as well, so I tried to make her feel my love for her. Let her know she was the most important thing to me now. I would never hurt her.

I think it worked because I could feel her relax a little.